There Were Barbarians Who Came from the Southwest, Unable to Speak the Human Tongue...

Morton spoke with fear and unease as he slowly revealed a secret, a top-secret 'file' that no one knew about.

According to records, in the summer of 327 BC, Alexander the Great was attracted by the rich Indus River Valley. He left Bactria and led an army of about 30,000 men along the Kophen River (now the Kabul River) through the Khyber Pass to invade the upper Indus River region.

In April 326 BC, the Macedonian-Greek expeditionary force arrived at the Hydaspes River from the Bucephala City in the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent, where they confronted the army of the Porus Kingdom on the opposite bank.

Alexander then led his army across the river to fight, annihilating nearly 20,000 Porus infantry and 3,000 cavalry, forcing the Porus king to surrender.

The expeditionary force continued eastward and reached the Hyphasis River.

At this time, an epidemic broke out in the army, and the officers and soldiers grew weary of war. Alexander was forced to decide to stop the eastern expedition and withdraw his troops in October 326 BC.

He divided his forces into two routes, one by land and one by sea, and sailed down the Indus River. Near the mouth of the Indus, he split his forces into three routes: one by sea, which went through the Arabian Sea into the Persian Gulf and reached the mouth of the Euphrates River; one by land, which went west along the Indian Ocean coast, led by Alexander himself; and another by land, which went north to Arachosia and then west to join Alexander.

In the spring of 324 BC, Alexander returned to Babylon, marking the end of his eastern campaign...

At this point, Morton's expression grew even more uneasy, even tinged with fear. "But the first half of the record is without any problems, yet no one else knows that after they split into three groups, they reunited their forces!"

"Furthermore, no one knew that the combined Eastern Expeditionary Force had marched north from India, heading northwest..."

"Even fewer people know that Alexander's eastern expeditionary force included many ' Holy Knight '!"

Morton sighed deeply.

"Everyone knows that Alexander's Eastern Expedition force was incredibly brave, and the Macedonian Phalanx could easily take on ten men at once. But no one knows that the reason they were so powerful was because the Holy Knight played a significant role in their victory."

"Ah?"

Bob was somewhat stunned. "Did Holy Knight already exist at that time? But why are there no records of them?"

"Furthermore, what does this have to do with cultivators?"

Morton's breath hitched, and he said with a mixture of speechlessness and anger, "Are you really the president of the Capitalist Income Protection Guild? You don't even know that?"

"Okay, actually I'm a businessman." Bob shrugged.

Skin?

Sorry, who is this "skin"? He never cares about these things; he only cares about making enough small change to protect the interests of capitalists like himself.

Morton's eyelids twitched. "..."

"Foolish!" he snapped.

"In 326 BC, the troops withdrew due to a 'plague.' Did you know that at that time, there was a rich and powerful land in northern India?"

Do you know why the mighty Alexander the Great suddenly had to withdraw his troops due to difficulties?

"You do not know!"

Morton sighed, "Back then, Alexander led an army of 50,000 men and swept through the enemy lines. Even if he encountered an army of 500,000 men, he could still defeat them!"

"But the Hua Nation of that period was during the Warring States period, which later generations called the Seven Warring States?"

"Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, Qin... any one of them has hundreds of thousands of troops, all of whom are battle-hardened and well-trained."

"But even if that's all there is to it, Alexander the Great, with the support of the Holy Knight Legion, could still win the battle and even take over the vast and fertile territory."

"However, the Emperor is always cautious, so he did not rashly attack the city. Instead, he led his troops to travel along the way, probing the city's strength and weaknesses..."

"As it turned out, it actually reached the Qin Dynasty at that time..."

"Forget it, even if I explained it this way, you still wouldn't understand. But all you need to know is that the Qin state at that time was one of its most powerful periods. Although it hadn't yet unified the world, the Old Qin People warriors, a mighty army that had fought countless battles. When the wind rose, their arrows rained down!"

At this point, Morton's expression became even more panicked and fearful.

Although these were all told to him by his father rather than witnessed by him, some things, even without seeing them with one's own eyes, are enough to imagine how powerful and terrifying they are.

For example, the cultivator he had just seen blasted a meteorite apart with a single punch.

Filled with fear, and under the puzzled gazes of Bob, William, and the others, Morton continued his explanation, "At the start of the battle, the Emperor's ordinary soldiers suffered heavy casualties and had no choice but to immediately dispatch the Holy Knight Legion to meet the enemy. Initially, they did indeed break through the rain of arrows..."

"But just as Alexander the Great was filled with excitement and preparing to personally charge into battle, he witnessed an incredibly terrifying scene!"

"A man stepped out of formation, wielding a Long Halberd, and in a moment, he annihilated all the Holy Knight! Only a small contingent of guards escaped because they were protecting the emperor!"

"You should know that the Holy Knight of that time were many times stronger than the Holy Knight the Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets on, but even so, in that man's hands, they were nothing more than insects, which could be killed at will!"

"Later, we learned that the man's name was Bai Qi!"

"After that, the Emperor was terrified and hastily fled with his men. However... apart from a few Holy Knight who managed to escape with the Emperor, the rest remained in the Qin Kingdom..."

"Plague? Heh, there was indeed a plague, but that was because a 'Daoist priest' appeared. After waving his hand, everyone except the Holy Knight was too weak to even run away. Even the Holy Knight were weakened, affected by something unknown, and their combat power was drastically reduced..."

"That man didn't even give chase!!!"

"The emperor fled back in panic, but dared not face the defeat. He ordered that this history not be written down or spread, and at the same time, he claimed that the reason for the withdrawal was the plague."

"But in fact..."

"Later, the emperor always cared about his elite troops, so he sent people to secretly investigate."

"Many people went and finally gathered some information, but this information caused the Emperor to fall ill and never recover."

At this point, Morton, now just Bob, his eyes filled with piercing fear and anger, said, "A blond-haired, blue-eyed barbarian came from the southwest, who did not understand human language and would not listen to teachings, so I buried him alive."

Do you understand what I mean?

"The emperor's elite troops, who helped him sweep across the states and were invincible in fighting ten against one, were nothing more than an insignificant figure in Qin, not even worth mentioning in the Records of the Grand Historian! Because they were too weak!"

"Later, after making inquiries from various sources, my ancestors learned that in that mysterious Eastern country, there was a group of cultivators who were incredibly powerful and capable of moving mountains and filling seas."

"It was only after a period of time that cultivators disappeared from the scene, allowing Holy Knight to establish their formidable reputation..."

"Now, do you understand?"

Morton didn't speak again, but the meaning behind his words was crystal clear.

Even our ancestors, Holy Knight were many times stronger than us now, were instantly wiped out when they encountered cultivators, and they couldn't even hurt them in the slightest!

Now you want me to fight cultivators?

You're telling Laozi to die!

Guess if I'm going or not?

Bob: "..."

William: "..."

They were terrified...

As members of the Capitalist Income Protection Guild, they are most concerned with how to make money, and naturally don't know much about history.

They had heard of Alexander's Eastern Expedition, but most of them didn't know much about it.

But to my recollection, there was absolutely no mention of Holy Knight or cultivators.

But judging from Morton's words, it turns out that the historical records were a cover-up of the truth. The fact is, they actually fought their way all the way to Hua Nation, and then were wiped out by the other side.

Those elite Macedonian Phalanx, which are still talked about by later generations, only received a meaningless remark that no one paid any attention to.

A group of barbarians with blond hair and blue eyes came from the southwest. They did not understand human language and refused to listen to teachings, so they were buried alive.

That's all!

This is...

That seems a little scary!

Bob was still somewhat incredulous, so he tried to persuade him, "Mr. Morton, perhaps the legend is wrong? And even if it is true, you are a descendant of Holy Knight, but that cultivator must also be a descendant of a cultivator, and his strength is certainly not as great as that of the original cultivator."

"Absolutely impossible!"

Morton laughed in exasperation, "This is an ancestral precept passed down through generations of our Holy Knight, and there's even a little-known rule in our Holy Knight!"

"That is: if you encounter a cultivator, no matter what the mission or the reason, you must immediately abandon it and run away! At the same time, you will not suffer any punishment for it."

"Do you still think this is just a rumor?!"

"Besides, can't you see that video?!"

"He blasted that terrifying meteorite apart with a single punch, and you want me to fight him? What am I supposed to use to fight him?!"

Morton really wanted to curse.

That's just like a lunatic. That person is also a descendant of cultivators, but he's not as strong as his ancestors.

I don't know if he's stronger than a cultivator from thousands of years ago, but I do know that if he punches me, I won't even have a speck of dust left. Isn't that enough?!

Bob finally understood.

"You can leave now!"

Morton forcefully dismissed them, saying, "Don't come looking for me again. I will immediately go into seclusion. The power of cultivators is beyond my ability, and certainly beyond yours to contend with!"

Bob and his group were kicked out.

Even as they boarded the departing helicopter, they remained bewildered and filled with despair.

"Cultivators... aren't they terrifying?"

They were terrified.

The renowned Holy Knight Legion was so terrified that they even left behind an ancestral precept: when they encounter cultivators, they should turn and run away without being punished, no matter what mission failure this behavior causes!

"Fuck, what do we do now?!"

Bob couldn't help but curse, "We don't dare fight the Holy Knight, but there are more and more cultivators in Hua Nation, and they're even planning Spiritual Qi Revival! What are we supposed to do?!"

Everyone fell silent.

No one could answer his question.